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escapistmagazine.com - 8/12/2009

12-Year-Old Gets Maxim Mag, Mom Not Happy

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A 12-year-old Boston boy got an eyeful when his subscription to the canceled Electronic Gaming Monthly was replaced with Maxim and his mother isn't too happy about it.

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wbztv.com - 8/10/2009

Boy's Magazine Mysteriously Switched With Maxim

— wbztv.com — It was an eye-opening surprise for a local family. A 12-year-old boy suddenly got a subscription to... a racy magazine he didn't order. (more) Boy's Magazine Mysteriously Switched With Maxim

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1up.com - 8/5/2009

Japan Review Check: Monster Hunter Tri

— 1up.com — "There was this period in EGM," former Electronic Gaming Monthly editor Dan Hsu said in an interview... late last year, "where we'd only give 10's to games that were ... (more) Japan Review Check: Monster Hunter Tri

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joystiq.com - 8/11/2009

Preteen's mom ticked about Maxim/EGM swap

— joystiq.com — Had we been consulted, we would have told the parties responsible that fulfilling subscriptions of the now-defunct... EGM with the dumb man's Playboy ( Maxim ) was a pretty crummy idea. Now we've got some evidence of that courtesy of Kathleen ... (more) Preteen's mom ticked about Maxim/EGM swap

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Preteen's mom ticked about Maxim/EGM swap
Joystiq — ... evidence of that courtesy of Kathleen O'Donnell, who's none too happy that her 12-year-old Jake has received two issues of Maxim, despite her requests that it stop. "When I saw it, I didn't think it was a magazine my son should be looking at," she told CBS affiliate WBZ. It's a cruddy situation all around, but we'd like to give a small protip to young Jake: If someone starts sending you pictures of half-naked ladies, keep that to yourself. [Via The Escapist] Preteen's mom ticked about Maxim/EGM swap originally appeared ...

EGM/Maxim Subscription Swap Not a Hit with Moms [Ruh Roh]
Kotaku — ... on it. Basically, the news is - while subscribers could opt out and get a refund for the remainder of their EGM subs, that notice was accompanied by the first replacement issue of Maxim, meaning there was no way for a mom to head off her junior high-schooler's encounter with his new subscription and a roll of Charmin. On top of that, although Mrs. O'Donnell wrote in to cancel the sub, the August 2009 copy - with Joanna Krupa vamping topless on the front - arrived right on time. 12-Year-Old Gets Maxim Mag, Mom not Happy [The Escapist via Joystiq] ...

Young EGM reader can't cancel new Maxim subscription
Destructoid — What is it about having a child that turns so many women into compulsive complaint-filers overnight? Whenever something happens on TV, on the radio, or in videogames, you can guarantee that a gaggle of concerned moms will be stood front and center of the opposition. This is one we should have seen coming a mile away, as the Maxim mags intended to replace EGM have found their way into childish hands. A twelve-year-old Boston boy received a copy of Maxim instead of the defunct EGM, something ...

Mother of 12-Year-Old Unhappy with Maxim/EGM Replacement
1UP RSS feed — ... and Ziff Davis decided to discontinue publishing EGM, most of us didn't give much thought to what was going to happen to the rest of our unfulfilled subscription. We all know now that it was replaced with lad-mag Maxim, which has one Boston mother pretty displeased. Kathleen O'Donnell's 12-year-old son Jake started receiving the magazine, and "didn't think it was a magazine my son should be looking at." No kidding. ...